Policing, Mental Illness and Media

Dr. Katrina Clifford is Senior Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University, Australia. She has also worked as a journalist, magazine editor and strategic communications consultant. Her previous publications include Media and Crime: Content, Context and Consequence (co-authored with Rob White, OUP 2017).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The thin blue line of mental health.- Chapter 3. The search for solutions to the problems of policing mental ill-health.- Chapter 4. Making sense of fatal mental health crisis interventions.- Chapter 5. Case study: The Paul Klein incident.- Chapter 6. Framing effects and changing media practices.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.​

“The publication of Policing, Mental Illness and Media is timely. … Nearly every chapter presents interviews, case studies and copious references for further investigation.” (Trevor Cullen, Australian Journalism Review, Vol. 43 (2), 2021)